From the Outside In:
How a History of Marginalization Affects ΊΪΑΟΙη Responses to Marginal Populations Today
Part of the series βThe βOtherβ in ΊΪΑΟΙη Text and Traditionβ
This session is generously sponsored by Drs. Bonnie and Isaac Pollak in honor of our children and grandchildren.
In the book of Numbers, the gentile prophet Balaam says that the people Israel are βa nation that dwells apart.β This has been both a blessing and a curse. How has the experience of marginalization defined ΊΪΑΟΙη identity? Rabbi Daniel Nevins looks at classical ΊΪΑΟΙη texts and then consider their implications for the role of Judaism in addressing marginalization in contemporary contexts.
ABOUT THE SERIES
We live in a time of such polarizationβpolitical, racial, economic, religiousβthat the gaps between us sometimes feel insurmountable. But this is not a new condition for Jews, either within or outside of the ΊΪΑΟΙη community. This webinar series will explore those gaps between βusβ and βthe otherβ: Israelites and other ancient peoples; men and women in the Bible and Talmud; Jews by birth and Jews by choice; the founders of Hasidim and their opponents; Israelis and Palestinians; and more.
From the ancient Near East to the American civil rights movement; from medieval philosophers to contemporary ΊΪΑΟΙη educators: how have Jews related to those we define as βother,β and how have we marginalized sub-groups within the ΊΪΑΟΙη community? What is our obligation to those we perceive as different? How have Jews challenged communal norms from within? JTS scholars guide us in an intellectual journey through ΊΪΑΟΙη history and text to understand how these gaps have been understood and, at times, bridged.
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